Good and bad for Tebow's NFL debut

by mlmintampa on Aug 16, 2010 6:00 AM EDT in Florida Football

Tim Tebow, a day after his 23rd birthday, wasn't bad in Denver's 33-24 loss to Cincinnati. But the good news is that Tebow out performed Brady Quinn, who will need a lot of EAS to hold onto his backup role.

Tebow entered in the 3rd quarter and scored a touchdown on Denver's last offensive play; a seven-yard scramble that ended with a goal line dive through two Bengals defenders. His best throw was a deep liner to Denver WR Matthew Willis, that Willis let bounce off his hands.

Tebow was 8 of 13 for 105 yards with the rushing touchdown. He was hit hard on a sack, that was originally ruled a fumble and touchdown return, until it was overturned as a forward pass. During that sequence of plays, Tebow got lazy and was winding up around his hip. Tebow is carrying the ball higher, but you can tell when he gets lazy versus using the new throw he has learned. Tebow was good on the move, a result of coaching that is keeping his body squared and making accurate throws. But he was also holding the ball too long and sacked twice. (The second sack was on a scramble, but NFL scorers will not call them run plays like SEC scorers did.)

Quinn was 6 of 16 for 68 yards, with a pick and threw like a guy who could be released. And he did that with half of Denver's first team on the field. Kyle Orton was 8 of 13 for 84 yards and two touchdowns, clearly the best of the three quarterbacks. After one game, it is clear the back-up role for Denver is a race and Tebow has the edge.

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I didn't see the game itself but the highlights this morning

I thought he did great. That down field pass that Willis dropped would have been a long touchdown if he caught that. P.S. I like the fact that he got rid of that fiar tuck hair due was shaved off

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by southman on Aug 16, 2010 8:31 AM EDT reply actions

TD Pass

It’s awesome that he scored the rushing TD at the end but he also had a TD pass there right before it that the receiver should have caught and didn’t.

The Bengals’ 2nd and 3rd string def line also outmatched the Broncos’ 2nd and 3rd string off line, which didn’t help.

All in all it could have gone better, but it also could have gone a whole lot worse.

by SC-Gator on Aug 16, 2010 9:19 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah. Overall solid game for Tebow in his “debut” in the NFL.

The Once and Future King

by FlaGators on Aug 16, 2010 9:43 AM EDT reply actions

Quinn needs more than EAS

"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra

by KSJ49 on Aug 16, 2010 10:17 AM EDT reply actions

A lot more than.

The Once and Future King

by FlaGators on Aug 16, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

He did great!

According to all the talking heads Tebow would never be able to be 8-13 because his wind up was too slow and blablabla u know the rest. And his throwing motion is not fixed, it still looks like shit. Yet he was much more accurate and I was very very pleased for his first game. Sure ppl will argue that it was garbage time but those garbage players are playing with their life on the line and I would argue that if he had 1st string competition, atleast he would have more time in the pocket and the wr’s might be able to catch a deep ball.

He still needs time but I thought his skills really stood out when he was A. Running and finding open recievers while shedding off would be sacks, and B. Having a much stronger arm then people thought… I never understood why ppl claimed he had a weak arm! That’s just stupid.

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by Hook85 on Aug 16, 2010 5:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions